Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease

Dr. Michael T. Johnstone, MD, is the Director of Clinical Cardiology and Director of the Cardiology Fellowship Program at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. Board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, vascular medicine, nuclear medicine, echocardiography, cardiac CT and vascular ultrasound, Dr. Johnstone specializes in coronary artery disease, diabetic heart disease, general cardiology, non-invasive cardiovascular imaging, and valvular heart disease. He earned his medical degree in 1982 from McGill University in Montreal, Canada and did his residency at Montreal General Hospital. He completed his Cardiology Fellowship at McGill University, the Montreal Heart Institute and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He spent 7 years as the Director of the Diabetes and Cardiovascular Program at the Joslin-Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. His research interests include non-invasive imaging,atherosclerosis, acute cardiovascular disease/ plaque disruption and diabetes mellitus.

Michael Johnstone, MD, CM, FRCP(C), FACC, FAHA, FVSM, FASE, FASNC,

Director, Cardiovascular Fellowship Program and Clinical Program

Dr. Aristidis Veves  is the Director of the Rongxiang Xu, MD, Center for Regenerative Therapeutics and the Research Director of the Joslin-Beth Israel Deaconess Foot Center and of the Microcirculation Lab, and Rongxiang Xu, MD Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He received his M.D. from the Medical School, Aristotelion University of Thessaloniki (Greece) in 1981, his M.Sc. from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manchester (U.K.) in 1991, and his D.Sc. from Athens Medical School (Greece) in 1993. Dr. Veves did his internship and residency in Greece. He then completed his Fellowship in Diabetes and Endocrinology at Manchester Royal Infirmary (U.K.) (1987-1993). In 1993 he moved to USA as a Research Fellow at Deaconess – Joslin Foot Center, Deaconess Hospital (Boston, MA) (1993-1995). He subsequently became Instructor (1995-1999), Assistant Professor (1999-2004) and Associate Professor (2004-2012) and Professor (2012-present). Dr. Veves’ main academic interest is diabetes complications including cardiovascular disease, neuropathy and foot ulceration. He conducts ‘bench to bedside’ research that is mainly funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH), DARPA, DoD and other non-profit organizations. The main aim of his research is to understand the pathogenesis of these complications can develop new therapeutic approaches. 

Aristidis Veves, MD, DSc, MSc

Rongxiang Xu, MD, Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School,